"Unnatural Pursuits" (1992) TV series

Seasons:

1

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Alan Bates	...	Hamish Partt (2 episodes, 1992)
Tom Hickey	...	Blossom (2 episodes, 1992)
Richard Wilson	...	Hector Duff (2 episodes, 1992)
Paul Zimet	...	Skateboard (2 episodes, 1992)
Keith Szarabajka	...	Digby Mason (2 episodes, 1992)
Marty Cruikshank	...	Jenny McDaish (2 episodes, 1992)
Adam Matalon	...	Harmony Cast (2 episodes, 1992)

Series Directed by
Christopher Morahan		(2 episodes, 1992)

Series Writing credits
Simon Gray		(2 episodes, 1992)

Series Produced by
Chris Griffin	....	line producer: Texas (2 episodes, 1992)
Barry Hanson	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1992)
Julie Scott	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1992)
Kenith Trodd	....	producer (2 episodes, 1992)
Michael Wearing	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1992)

Series Original Music by
Robert Lockhart		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Alec Curtis		(2 episodes, 1992)

Series Film Editing by
Frances Parker		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Jim Clay		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Chris Seagers		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Philip Lester		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Maxine Kingman	....	assistant makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Dorka Nieradzik	....	makeup designer (unknown episodes)
Lesley Noble	....	assistant makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Tina Brawner	....	unit production manager: Texas (unknown episodes)
Brett Fallis	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Craske	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Paul Dowidchuk	....	second assistant director: Texas (unknown episodes)
Brett Fallis	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Lisa Gravelle	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Gina Leonetti	....	second assistant director: New York (unknown episodes)
Amy Sugdon	....	third assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Steven K. Barnett	....	property master: Texas (unknown episodes)
John Bohan	....	construction manager (unknown episodes)
Michael Graham-Smith	....	graphic designer (unknown episodes)
Thomas Martin	....	stand-by carpenter (unknown episodes)
Dave Morris	....	properties buyer (unknown episodes)
Roy Osborn	....	property master (unknown episodes)
Chuck Singleton	....	construction coordinator: Texas (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Clive Derbyshire	....	sound recordist (2 episodes, 1992)
Alex Marsden	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Ian Merrylees	....	dubbing editor (unknown episodes)
David M. Roberts	....	boom operator: Texas (unknown episodes)
Ben Rumney	....	dubbing editor (unknown episodes)
Aad Wirtz	....	part two (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ken Aylett	....	lighting gaffer (unknown episodes)
Ian Buckley	....	grip (unknown episodes)
Ray Coates	....	clapper loader (unknown episodes)
John Knight	....	part two (unknown episodes)
Paul Langridge	....	focus puller (unknown episodes)
Liam Murphy	....	best boy (unknown episodes)
Kenny Ratliff	....	best boy (unknown episodes)
Des Whelan	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Rody Kent	....	casting director: Texas (unknown episodes)
Jonathan McLeish	....	casting director: UK (unknown episodes)
Meg Simon	....	casting director: New York (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rona Lamont	....	costume supervisor (2 episodes, 1992)
Kate O'Farrell	....	wardrobe supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Rebecca Woodnutt	....	assistant film editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Steve Parr	....	music mixer / music recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Ron Kern	....	transportation coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Linda Buxton	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Jamie Carson	....	runner (unknown episodes)
Mary Delaney	....	production coordinator: Texas (unknown episodes)
Joshua Golding	....	script editor (unknown episodes)
Susanne Hamilton	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Barbara Long	....	production accountant: Texas (unknown episodes)
Sarah Moorhead	....	research assistant (unknown episodes)
Pamela Mount	....	location manager: Dallas (unknown episodes)
Dalia Nissim	....	producer's secretary (unknown episodes)
Marion O'Neill	....	programme budget assistant (unknown episodes)
Quinny Sacks	....	choreographer (unknown episodes)
Eileen Warren	....	location manager: Texas (unknown episodes)
Homer Jon Young	....	set production assistant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• A&E Television Networks (in association with)

Distributors

• A&E Television Networks (1994) (USA) (TV)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1992) (UK) (TV) (BBC2)

Also Known As:

I Don't Do Cuddles (UK) (second part title)
I'm the Author (UK) (first part title)
Two Lumps of Ice (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

60 min | 143 min (2 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

An allegory about the refusal of grace

It's been awhile since I've seen this. I remember it as an odd movie and overlong, but certain elements of it haunt me. A British playwright (Alan Bates) travels from place to place in the US using different theater groups to try out different endings to a play which he is chronically unable to finish. His drinking and chain smoking annoy everybody around him, and clearly get in the way of the fulfilment of a calling, the working out of his own authentic story, which finishing the play represents. I was particularly intrigued with two figures in the movie--an elderly homeless man and a young man on a skateboard--whom I take to be angels, or messengers of death, trying to warn him to mend his ways. I read the film as being not so much about addiction as about the refusal of grace.